Annotated Bibliography

 Pulcini, J., Jelic, M., Gul, R. & Loke, Y. A. (2010) An International Survey on Advanced
Practice Nursing Education, Practice, and Regulation, Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
42:1, 31–39.

This article has been selected as it is related to the nursing practices. This article is based on the
international survey. This international survey was made on advanced practice nursing
regulation, education and practice. Thus, the basic purpose of this article is to portray
international trends which are being used by nursing practitioners in the field of advanced
practice nurse including levels, nomenclature and kinds of NP-APN practice settings, education,
regulatory policies, political environment and scope of practice. This article has been helpful as it
helped in presenting a snapshot of regulations, education and practice for NP-APNs because they
have a unique role in the provision of health care services in several different countries. The
information within this study is reliable and trustworthy as it has used appropriate research
method for creating entire research. The basic strength of this study is that it has used pilot
survey. Pilot survey appears to be appropriate for conducting this study. In addition to this, the
article used convenience sampling method for sampling the data.

 Lindblad, E., Hallman, B. E., Gillsjö, C., Lindblad, U. & Fagerström, L. (2010)
Experiences of the new role of advanced practice nurses in Swedish primary health care
—A qualitative study, International Journal of Nursing Practice 2010,16, 69–74

This research paper has been useful for the research as it has described the experiences related to
the new and contemporary role of advanced practice nurses. This research has used the approach
of qualitative study and Sweden has been chosen as the region for conducting the research. This
study or source is helpful as the basic purpose of this study is to describe and investigate the
experiences of new profession for health care of Sweden, first advanced practice nurses as well
as of their managing general practitioners, related to the scope and role of APN’s practice in
major health care. The information of this research paper is valid and reliable as interviews were
conducted for carrying out this research. Interviews with APNs helped in providing helpful and
reliable information related to this new profession. The basic strength of this research paper is
the use of discussion section. This section helped in discussing all of the concluding remarks and
findings which have been gained from the research. Absence of future implications is the basic
weakness of this research paper.

 Lubbe, C. J. & Roets, L. (2014) Nurses’ Scope of Practice and the Implication for Quality
Nursing Care, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2014, 46:1, 58–64

This research has been helpful for gathering more efficient knowledge related to the topic of
nursing practices as it has discussed scope of nursing practices as well as in describing the
implications for high-quality nursing care. In doing so, the research paper has provided an
overview related to the implications for the health status and care needs of patients. This source
has helped in providing authentic and reliable information related to the topic as it has used the
scenario of The Waterlow TM scale as a practice example. In addition to this, the use of
retrospective quantitative study presents the basic strength of the study. This study helped in
optimizing and ensuring high quality and safe patient care. Thus, this source has been helpful for
gathering and collecting required information related to the topic.

 Benedict, B. M. & Bradley, D. (2010) A Peek at the Revised Nursing Professional

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as the main focus of this article is to describe the standards and scope of
nursing practices. The basic audience of this article is the professional nurse. This article
provides useful information by illustrating that nurses who have responsibilities and roles in
CNE programs usually give inter-professional learning for non-health related as well as health
related disciplines. This article has made use of several headings in order to provide more
detailed information related to the standards and scope of practices. There are certain weaknesses
of this article as it has not incorporated any type of examples and statistics for supporting the
topic.
  Fox-Young, S. & Ashley, C. (2010) Developing an Australian framework for scope of
practice decisions by nurses and midwives – lessons for cross-border standards
development, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, 2235–2241

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as the basic objective and aim of the article is to focusing on the lessons for
cross border standard development. This article has helped in gathering information through the
identification of political and professional factors which influence outcomes and consultation in
cross border standard development. The basic strength of this article is that it has explored
important considerations for future projects for producing international and national professional
standards which are pertinent across professions and borders. Absence of future implications is
the major weakness of this article.

 Fairman, A. J., Rowe, W. J., Hassmiller, S. & Shalala, E. D. (2011) Broadening the
Scope of Nursing Practice, The New England Journal of Medicine, 364:3, 193-197

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as is has focused on the scope which has been offered by nursing practices. The
basic audience to whom this article has been targeted is the professional nurse. This article has
defined the scope of nursing practices by focusing on the Affordable Care Act. This article has
helped in focusing on the fact that there should be slow growth in the costs of health care
services. It has further focused on improvement in health care value with the help of payment
reforms. The basic strength of this article is that it has incorporated all of required and valid
information related to the topic. However, the lack and absence of statistics related to the scope
of nursing practices is the major weakness of the article.

 Merrick, E., Duffield, C., Baldwin, R., Fry, M. & Stasa, H. (2012) Expanding the role of
practice nurses in Australia, Contemporary Nurse (2012) 41(1), 133–140

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as is has focused on the present status of practice nurses within the region of
Australia. The article provides useful and helpful information by stating that in Australia and all
across the world, it has been accepted that changes in the health care services are essential. These
changes are essential because of the dramatically increasing costs of health care, increasing
occurrence of complex and chronic condition, personnel shortages in health care and rising
demands for health care services. The article integrated useful and authentic information by
focusing on these issues which are being faced by today’s health care sector. The absence of
future predictions and future implications is the basic weakness of this article.

 Nieminen, L. A., Mannevaara, B. & Fagerstrom, L. (2011) Advanced practice nurses’

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as is has focused mainly on the scope of advanced practice nurses. The basic
purpose of this article was to explore and describe clinical competencies of Advanced Practice
Nurses which helped in providing sufficient and adequate knowledge and information related to
the topic of nursing practices. This article provided useful and authentic information as it has
collected the required data with the help of conducting interviews. Inclusion of ethical
considerations is also one of its basic strength. However, the absence of future implications is the
major weakness of this research paper.

 Villegas, J. W. & Allen, E. P. (2012) Barriers to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as is has mainly and chiefly focused on the barriers which come up for
advanced practice registered nurses. This article has given useful and reliable information by
reflecting on the fact that the APRNs i.e. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses encompass
unique and incredible potential to influence the altering demands of health care in U.S. The
article further revealed the scope and importance of APRN by describing that it is cost effective,
high quality and safe approach of the provision of health care. Inclusion of future expectations or
future scope could have strengthened the information of this article.
  Jacob, R. E., Barnett, A., Sellick, K. & McKenna, L. (2013) Scope of practice for
Australian enrolled nurses: Evolution and practice issues, Contemporary Nurse (2013)
45(2), 155–163

This article has been helpful in collecting and gathering useful information related to the topic of
nursing practices as it has focused on the scope of nursing practices in Australia. Practice issues
and evolution in the field of nursing practices have been discussed in the article which has
ensured that the information within the article is reliable and helpful. The article has given useful
and helpful information by highlighting on considerable changes in the scope of nursing
practices for nurses who have been enrolled in Australia during the period of last decade. The
absence of future implications, statistics and critical discussion related to the topic within the
article is the major weakness of this article.